Slip-holding clip.



o. H. RoT & A. H. MoosER.

SLIP HOLDING GLIP. APPLIUATIOII FILED 00T. 19,1908.

934,936, Patented sept. 21, 1909.

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WITNESSES aM/. M BY Alban! H Maurer.- j m f5 A TT() RN EY ORVILLE H. ROOT, OF'BERKELEY, AND

ALBERT I-I. MOOSER, OF GRASS VALLEY,

CALIFORN'JA.

SLIP-HOLDING CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept.` 2l, 1909 Application filed October 19, 1908. Serial No. 458,426.

To nl! ywhom. it mof'g/ concern:

Be it known that we, OnvILLE H. Roo'r, of Berkcle .Alameda count California. and

ALBERT H. Moosnn, of Grass Valley, Ne-j vada county, California, both citizens of the l-inted States, have invented4 new and useful improvements in Slip-Holding Clips, of i which the following is a specification.

(lur invention relates to a slip-holding clip, and pertains especially to a clip to be attac-hed to av balance-sheet for holding name slips. lt will'be manifest however, that the use of the invention is not limited to any particular form of a sheet or book.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, practical clip for holding name slips in position, with means for attaching the same to a sheet of paper or equivalentsupport, and for the 'mutual se'- curing together of two or more clips on the opposite side of the sheet.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter mort` ful ly described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view showing-the device applied to a leaf. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sec tion through the device. Fig. 3 is a perspec- .tive view partly in section. Fig. 4 is a perspective view.

A represents a suitable support, such, for example, as a sheet of paper or fabric, or a leaf in a book, to which the clip is to be applied.

A clip comprises a .metal strip, as 2, of suitable length, according to the length or number ot slips to be held in place. The side edges of the strip are suitably bent to form slip-retaining guides or flanges 3.

Where the clip is to be applied to a balance-sheet such as used in commercial banks for recording the daily balances of the customers, the strip is divided into three slipholding sections, one section, as 4, for the names, a second section, as 5, for the old balance, and a third section, as 6, for the new balance; suitable slips bearing these names and balances being individually and imilependently insertible and removable into these various sections 4-5 6.

To permit independent. operation of the slips, the lateral guide flanges 8 are cut away intermediate of the sections referred to, as shown at.7; and if desired, the cutaway portion on the' lower side between the t sections 5 and 6 may Vbe widened or enlarged', so as to enable the operator to get hold of the slips easily when they are to be taken out.

.ln order to prevent one slip from being pushed over from its section into another section, or in other words, Lto limit. the

- lengthwise movement ofthe slips in one di rection, suitable stop mea-ns are provided, as the little stop tabs 8 struck up from the body of the strips. f

ln order to hold the slip tight. in its position, and particularly the. long slips for the sections 4, the body vof the strip may be provided with a bulge, as 9, at a suitable 'pointbetween the guide flanges 3, which will press on the back of the slips `and form a frictional hold in conjunction with the guides fl to hold the slips in posit-ion.

Since these slips are to b attached to they sheet', and since the sheet is to be provided with clips on both sides, the various slips are stamped out with complementa ry tonguesl 'lo and slots ll; the bendable-tongues or prongs l0 of one stripbeing directly registerable with the corresponding transverse slots il in the opposed strip. Thus two clip strips are readily attached to a sheet' 1Q by placing the two strips back to back, with the sheet l2 intervening, in such position thatl the tongues lO'on one strip will be directly in line with the holes ll on the opposite side ot the sheet of paper, so that when the tongues i0 are pushed through the sheet they will ent-er the holes. 'lhc ends of the tongues then are clenched down on to the last-n`|cntioned slip with the ends of the prongs projecting in tlm-direction in which the slips are moved when the latter are being inserted into thc clips. It' the projections were bent:- in the other way the slips would catch on them and prevent the slips being put in position. The

v bent 'over and clenched ends of the tongues l0 in some of the sect-ions serve in lieu of the bulges 9 of the other sections, 4in providing a. frictional hold or brake to the slips.

In practice, the names ot thc depositors are written on slips of thin cardboard or the like, and adapted to be slipped into the sections l; it. being understood that-any number of these clips may be used on a page, with the names in a column in successive alphalleiil-al order; '-llle slips 'of cardboard or papers ill tlle sections 5 represent the old balances lo the credit ol the respective custoillers whose llalnes appear ill the section 4 ol the saule clip strip. llle sections 6, repre-A senting new balances, are only used for making up the balance-sheet.. During tl-le day when ille bool: is being used for reference by ille teller, 'nothing appears ill the sections At the close ot' business eacll day, when the.-llooltlteeper nlakes up his sheet for the next day, he notes t-lle new balances of the various accounts which have undergone change, on separate slips, and inserts these new slips illto the sections `(3, wllich is done i'lonl the outer end of the section (5. Having proven the sheet, the old slips iii sllcll of the sections 5 as have undergone change during ille day are removed by engaging the elld of ille slip. and drawing it out tllrougll the wulened cul-away portloll ot' the llanges between tlle sections 'a3-4"); the. corresponding slips. ill llle sections 6 tllen being pushed .forward in the guides into the respective sections` with the ends of the slips pressed up against a corresponding stop S. The strips `tlien in the sections 5 will represent the balances to the credit of the respective custom# ers whose names are retained in the sections 4?. There are no stops S between the sections l-(ii'or the reason just described, tllat ille. sections 6 are for temporal-y use, and the slips placed into these sections (i are pushed forward along the' guides 3 ill the corresponding sections 5, the further progress toward the slip sections l being limited by a stop projection 8.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure byvLetters Patent is- 4 1. The combination with a sheet or equivalent support, of a slip-holding clip comprising a strip of suitable material having its edges bent to provide lateral slip-holding guides, said strip having tongues struck from its body and attached thereto to peiletrate the support and hold the clip thereon,

'theiflanges of said strip having a cut-away portion between the ends of the clip for the insertion and removal of a slip, and stops for the slip struck up from the body of thev strip between the flanges.

:2. The combination with a sheet or equivalent support, of a slip-holding clip member comprising a strip having its edges ben-t to provide lateral slip `holding flanges, said -tlanges having clit-away portions at intervals dividing said strip into three portions,

each of which forms a slip-holding section,

said cut-away portions being between said sections to [lei-mit the insertion and renewal of the slips. Y

3. The combination with a sheet or equiv-` alent support, of a slip-holding clip member comprising a strip having its edges bent to provide lateral slip -holding anges, said flanges having cut-away portions at intervals dividing said strip into three portions, each of which forms a slip-holding section, said cut-away portions being between said sections to permit the insertion and removal of,

the slips, and stops on the strip to limit the movement of the slips;

4. The combination with a sheet or equivalent support, of a slip-holding clip member comprising a strip having its edges bent to provide lateral slip holding flanges, said langes having cut-away portions atl intervals dividing said strip into three portions, each 'of which forms a slip-holding section, said cut-away portions being between said sections to permit the insertion and removal of -the slips, and saidsections being in line and integrally connected by the strip whereby a tongue, said tongue being passed through the y paper and through said perforation and clenched down o ii the body of said perforated clip.

6. The combinationv with a sheet or equiv alent support, of a slip-holding clip on each side of the support, s aid slip-holding clips each comprising a strip o sheet-metal with its edges bent to provide lateral slip-holding flanges, said flanges .of each strip ent away to divide the clip into a plurality of connected slip-holding sect-ions, each .ef said; strips having a tongue, and each strip hav-' ing a perforation to receive the tongue en 4the opposite strip after said tongues are passed through the paper. Y

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence ofV two witnesses.

ORVILLE H. ROT. ALBERT H. MSER..

i Witnesses:

' C. HENRY SMrrr-i,

A. B. CHAMPION. 

